The Japanese conglomerate and the Osaka Metropolitan University are testing an aquifer thermal energy storage system that directly uses 10,000 m3 of groundwater stored at 5 C in a cooling well. It is intended to store renewable energy and produce cooling for air conditioning in the summer or heating for the winter. Aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) is a form of underground thermal energy storage technology to can store intermittent wind and solar power for seasonal thermal storage and provide heating and cooling for district heating-cooling or large buildings. Doubts about its technical and ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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